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Synonyms for rook

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

short-change bunco mulct

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

swindle, con, have, dupe, do, trick, diddle, short-change, scam, cheat, victimize, victimise UK, defraud, bunco, mulct, cozen, chouse, hornswoggle slang, nobble slang

Noun

1. Gull — A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays

gold brick, swindler, gyp, gull slang dated UK

2. Castle

castle, fortress

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cheat or swindle.

  2. n. 1

    A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.

  3. n. 2

    A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.

Related words

Word family
rookery

Forms

Plural
rooks → swindlers, gyps, gulls, castles…
Past participle
rooked
e.g. rooked → swindled, conned, duped, tricked…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rookrising
buncosteady
mulctfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
do1
3 letters
con1, gyp1
4 letters
have1, scam1, gull1, dupe1
5 letters
trick1, cheat1, bunco, cozen, mulct1
6 letters
castle2, diddle2, nobble, chouse
7 letters
defraud2, swindle2
8 letters
fortress2, swindler3
9 letters
victimize3, victimise
11 letters
hornswoggle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (castle2 = 2 syllables).